| Theory of Action (Routledge Revivals): Towards a New Synthesis Going Beyond Parsons Contributor(s): Münch, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415615615 ISBN-13: 9780415615617 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 302 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.73 lbs) 282 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Modern sociology owes its existence and the progress it has made to the integration of differing kinds of orientations. In this work, first published 1987, Professor Richard M nch sets out to reformulate the theory of action, a notion central to sociology and one to which all schools of thought within sociology have contributed. He gives an exposition of the voluntaristic theory of action as found in Talcott Parson's work, reconstructing and extending Parson's theory from the perspective of the present-day level of development. In this way he both integrates opposing orientations to action theory and presents the voluntaristic theory of action in a readable and teachable from. |